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LOVERRO: For NFL players, a safer game ought to be an easier sell

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Clay Matthews appears to be the biggest victim in sports. The hue and cry over the persecution of the Green Bay Packers pass rusher would lead you to believe that he was the one tackled and smashed into the ground at FedEx Field Sunday.

But no, he delivered the blow, and if there was a GoFundMe campaign for roughing-the-passer penalties, teammates and opponents alike would be reaching into their pockets to help fight the injustice.

Maybe even Alex Smith, who took the shot from Matthews on Sunday and then was the beneficiary of the 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty, would write a check.